Geoff, Thank you so much for your wise inputs. Believe me, I'm not the expert here and this is the first true "Ship of the Line" that I have attempted to build. So, as always, I'm learning. Scale is 1:72 I think. Yes, the netting I'm using is a tad light, but I'd rather err on light than err on heavy, cause once you do that, it can become like a sore thumb. And you bet, I have already err'd on heavy with this model, so she is truly not to scale in some areas. I find in model making for me that it is a point of frustration to achieve some kind of perfection. I marvel and am amazed at the truly fine craftsmanship from those that are gifted at this hobby. I tend to rely on my judgment of eye and if it looks good to me, I go for it. When you expose yourself to a population of builders, the comments and advice are gonna come and that is truly a good thing, because you learn from it and we all must choose weither to take the advice or not, as always. So, I got on the internet to try to learn more about this hammock/netting thing and did find out some interesting information which is shared on an earlier post. I did read that the hammocks were stored both vertically and horizontally, depending on the location on the ship's rails. The canvas was both painted black and left unpainted... who knows, was it captain directed or what? One thing I have noticed that with my camera Macro shots, I am seeing almost more than my old eyes can give me in detail... that is wild! So, as I sit in my "moanin" chair and gaze at my model, those hammocks and netting look just about right to me. Only thing I'm tempted to do is paint the netting black to help make it stand out more... might try a testor to see how it looks.
Regards,
Dennis